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You can usually wangle it without needing a new axle.

What you got on the ride side?

Hole or split clamp?

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Hole if memory serves me... I recall about 1/4 of an inch at most exposed threads..

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quote:

Originally posted by mechdesign2k4 Hole if memory serves me... I recall about 1/4 of an inch at most exposed threads..

I went to take a pic of my cousins Kawi today, but it's been buried under assorted crap.

That is the same set up as your describing. The right side of the swing arm was around a 1/2" thick originally.

We got some 1 3/4" OD 1/8" wall tube and cut some 1 1/2" long slices of it, then made some "washers" out of some 1/4" cold rolled plate that with a 1 3/4" hole saw using the bit the saw cuts out.

Welded those to the end of the 1 3/4" tube, cleaned the welds up flush, and knocked the hole in the washers out to the size of the axle (20mm?) usnig a 3/4" drill followed by an on size reamer.

Used them instead of axle plates. They'll get aluminium blanking plugs in them to hide the axle hardware once it's all done.

You can "steal" a little off of the spacer too and use slightly thicker plates, but with an on size hole, you've got a lot more contact area than you get with a slot, so the 1/4" seems to work fine.

Welding distortion could fuck you up there though....

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Shit, forgot...

The "nose" of the bevel box goes into another 1/4" plate with a central hole the shaft passes through and four holes for the fixing bolts.

This plate is attached to a vertical tube that runs between the upper and lower rear frame rails and is mostly there to deal with the torque reaction. There is another vertical tube on the right side to visually balance out the frame AND ensure that both sides of the frame respond to a given stress in the same way.

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Thats a lot to visualize, but I think I see where you went with it. Thanks Black for the info. I got my shaftie for a song and a dance, but I think I will do something with a chain for the next one...

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